Gps Detecion!!!!

[aspalaasn]

Originally Posted by ladyofthemist

Hmm i don't recal that happening. Can i reinstal the rom?

I learned what a soft reset was, is a Hard reset the turning the power off or removing the battery?

I will try that amazegps link tonight when i get home.

Thank you again for all the help.

you can either re-update with the official bell rom or you can just hard reset which is holding down the send/end keys while pressing soft reset. Then you just follow the instructions. It should restart the customization after if reloads. This time let customizations run.

personally, I didn't like amazegps much. I use astrolauncher to launch igo8 which works perfectly. I believe garmin is able to detect gps w/o launcher now after the bell update, same with tomtom. Correct me if I'm wrong...I don't use those anymore, only igo.

You don't need any primers for live search and google maps, at least in my experience.

[kei78]

I use both googlemaps and Garmin XT and both programs detect the gps and start using it with out any primers... just a fyi!

[petermg]

Originally Posted by darren.wlsn1

you just cant quit can you? all the great help you give people im not surprised you have only one "thankyou" please try to contribute.

Just because you don't have a sense of humor, does not require others to conform to you. Try some X-Lax.. might help clear up whatever up and died in you. Some people take themselves way too seriously and are so anal retentive, will jump on *any* chance to flame on someone. I'm guessing you're 17... classic narcissistic phase. Think the world is all about you, and your perspective and views are all valid. Life will teach you otherwise my friend


We are all here at will and at your own risk. There are no rules in this forum against humor.. there ARE however against flaming.

I can stop... but I get a kick at seeing how people like you get so bent so easily.. get your little feelers hurt. I can buy you a pacifier! PM me your address and I will send one to you!

[ladyofthemist]

So i got tried of fighting with my phone and called tech support at bell. I initally got told the Touch doesn't support GPS so called back in. A new rep said i can only get gps with the GPSnav on the phone which is there from the WM 6.1 upgrade. Otherwise, GoogleMaps, Live Search and Amaze doesn't work on the phone. The tech person said those programs will not work because the phone has the GPSnav program and they conflict.

The progam on the phone sucks but at a cost of $8 a month i get GPS on my phone..... guess what i will cancel next month. Time to save for a different GPS.

[aspalaasn]

Originally Posted by ladyofthemist

So i got tried of fighting with my phone and called tech support at bell. I initally got told the Touch doesn't support GPS so called back in. A new rep said i can only get gps with the GPSnav on the phone which is there from the WM 6.1 upgrade. Otherwise, GoogleMaps, Live Search and Amaze doesn't work on the phone. The tech person said those programs will not work because the phone has the GPSnav program and they conflict.

The progam on the phone sucks but at a cost of $8 a month i get GPS on my phone..... guess what i will cancel next month. Time to save for a different GPS.

did bell sucker you in paying $8 a month? if so, yes, do cancel...I'd never pay for something as crappy as that.

Anyway, you should be able to get gps working, it does take a while when you first initialize it to get a lock on satellites. have you tried what I suggested?

ie 1. flash with bell update rom 3.09.666.1
2. did you let customization run when it counts down, since that is needed for great gps signal?

I'm not sure whether their pulling your tail about their gpsnav program conflicting with google maps/live search since I didn't use their update long enough to try or at least I don't remember. I flashed my phone to a custom rom made with the kitchen. I'd suggest you do that and then try google maps and live search again.

If you're using a gps program such as garmin/tomtom/igo, you may need to prime it. Although I think for garmin/tomtom, they no longer need to be primed.

You can get astrolaucher to prime it, it's in the ppckitchen. Anyway, hope that helps.

PS the bell reps will tell you erroneous info, and tell you that for you to get gps working, you'll need to use their gps program...don't listen to them, they just want your hard earned cash